Basker, James G. “Intimations of Abolitionism in 1759: Johnson, Hawkesworth, and OroonokoThe Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
12
, AMS Press, 2001, pp. 47-66. 51
King George II
Standard Name: George II, King
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | The first-named is George I
's rejected queen
(accused of adultery and imprisoned for life before her husband came to the English throne, while her alleged lover
was assassinated). The protagonist of the second novel... |
| Textual Production | Eliza Haywood | In The Secret History of the Present Intrigues of the Court of Caramania, EH
mounted an anonymous, thinly-disguised attack on the morals and circle of the Prince of Wales, the future George II
... |
| Textual Production | Penelope Aubin | PA
's History of Genghizcan the Great, translated from the French of François Pétis de la Croix
, appeared in 1722, dedicated to the Prince of Wales
. Both Debbie Welham
and Eighteenth-Century Collections... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Jane Brereton | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Countess Cowper | Much of the diary is filled with reports of jockeying for personal power: the names dropped are those of people forming and breaking alliances. By spring 1716 it has become gradually more expansive on topics... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eliza Haywood | This magazine has a second supposed author: the parrot, who is male. This creature, born in Java, has seen the world, since its long life has been spent with fifty-five different families successively. Though not... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Frances Seymour Countess of Hertford | The first event she records was an ultimatum from the Prince of Wales
to his father, George II
, whom he enraged by demanding Walpole's removal. She describes how, after Walpole fell, power struggles among... |
Timeline
1 February 1749: The Behn-Southerne play of Oroonoko had the...
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1 February 1749
The Behn
-Southerne
play of Oroonoko had the single most important performance . . . in its long history—
Basker, James G. “Intimations of Abolitionism in 1759: Johnson, Hawkesworth, and OroonokoThe Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch, Vol.
12
, AMS Press, 2001, pp. 47-66. 51-3 and n15, 20
1 May 1749: Elizabeth Chudleigh created a sensation by...
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1 May 1749
Elizabeth Chudleigh
created a sensation by appearing at a masquerade in the character of Iphigenia, in a dress so transparent that she was as good as naked.
Rizzo, Betty. Companions Without Vows: Relationships Among Eighteenth-Century British Women. University of Georgia Press, 1994.
67
January 1750: English roads and streets were hotbeds of...
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January 1750
English roads and streets were hotbeds of crime, said Horace Walpole
, because of destitute disbanded soldiers and sailors.
Uglow, Jennifer S. Hogarth: A Life and A World. Faber and Faber, 1997.
490
Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols.
2: 423 and note
June 1757: Britain's ally Frederick II of Prussia lost...
National or international item
June 1757
Britain's ally Frederick II
of Prussia lost half his army (30,000 of his best troops), at Kolin in Bohemia.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
50-4
25 October 1760: King George II died suddenly of a heart attack;...
National or international item
25 October 1760
King George II
died suddenly of a heart attack; his grandson George III
assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
426
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
46
1772: The Royal Marriages Act made it illegal for...
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1772
The Royal Marriages Act made it illegal for any descendant of George II
to marry without the king's permission.
Gilmour, Ian. “Fuss, Fatigue and Rage”. London Review of Books, 15 July 1999, pp. 11-12.
11
1827: Henry Hallam published The Constitutional...
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1827
Henry Hallam
published The Constitutional History of England, his influential history extending to the death of George II
.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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